Patents by Inventor Raymond Lia

Raymond Lia has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • PORTABLE EYE VIEWING DEVICE ENABLED FOR ENHANCED FIELD OF VIEW
    Publication number: 20150103317
    Abstract: An ophthalmoscope includes an illumination assembly having a light source disposed along an illumination axis and an imaging assembly configured for delivering an image to an imaging device. Each of the imaging and illumination assemblies are disposed in an instrument housing, the ophthalmoscope being configured for attachment to an electronic imaging device and in which the imaging assembly produces a field of view of about 40 degrees to permit more comprehensive eye examinations to be reliably conducted. In at least one version, a portable electronic device, such as a smart device, can be coupled to the instrument or configured to wirelessly receive images therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Ervin Goldfain, Raymond A. Lia
  • Digital-based medical devices
    Patent number: 8944596
    Abstract: A hand held ophthalmic examination instrument uses an illumination system that provides amber colored light from a first light source and white light from a second light source to illuminate a target of interest. An imaging system in cooperation with the illumination system captures digital images of the target of interest as illuminated by the light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Wood, Raymond A. Lia, Jon R. Salvati, Robert L. Vivenzio, Ian K. Edwards, Ervin Goldfain
  • ILLUMINATION DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF USE
    Publication number: 20140275790
    Abstract: An illumination device for a speculum may include a first housing part and a second housing part that define a cavity therein. The illumination device may further include a pull tab configured to move from a first position to a second position. When the pull tab moves from the first position to the second position, the pull tab may be disposed so as to allow an electric circuit to be complete so as to provide illumination from an illumination source. When the pull tab is disposed in the first position, the pull tab may be positioned to interrupt the electric circuit such that the illumination device is in an unilluminated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Robert L. Vivenzio, Raymond A. Lia, Michael T. McMahon, Jon R. Salvati
  • Medical device adaptor
    Patent number: 8827317
    Abstract: A medical device adaptor includes a housing defining a mounting port and a circumscribing outer wall, a fluid passage extending substantially through the adaptor to the mounting port, and a pair of mounting shoulders spaced circumferentially along the outer wall. The pair of mounting shoulders extend transverse from the outer wall. The medical device adaptor also includes an insert disposed within the mounting port. The insert defines a thru hole at least partially aligned with the fluid passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean R. Karla, Raymond A. Lia, Jamie H. Bartenstein, Robert L. Vivenzio, Victor G. Ianno
  • Remote Health Care System
    Publication number: 20140235963
    Abstract: A health care medical device includes one or more medical sensor devices, an assembly that houses the one or more medical sensor devices and a mobile electronic computing device with a display. The mobile electronic computing device is secured to the assembly. Medical data from the one or more medical sensor devices is transmitted to the mobile electronic computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian K. Edwards, Raymond A. Lia, David J. Maier, Miguel Christopher Mudge, Jon R. Salvati, Robert L. Vivenzio, Robert J. Wood
  • DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TEMPERATURE DETERMINATION
    Publication number: 20140221796
    Abstract: A temperature determination method includes temporarily contacting a forehead of a subject with a first surface of a removable patch, and exposing a second surface of the patch opposite the first surface to ambient conditions. The method also includes sensing a temperature of the first surface of the patch while the first surface is in contact with the forehead at a first location thereon, sensing a temperature of the second surface of the patch, and calculating a sub-skull temperature of the subject based on the sensed temperatures of the first and second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond A. Lia, Robert J. Wood, David E. Quinn
  • MOBILE CART WITH CAPACITIVE POWER SUPPLY
    Publication number: 20140167506
    Abstract: A mobile system includes a mobile cart and an electronic device supported by the mobile cart. The mobile cart includes integral power storage structures that store electrical energy. The mobile cart also includes power supply electronics configured to supply the electrical energy to the electronic device to power the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: WELCH ALLYN, INC.
    Inventors: Robert J. Wood, Ian K. Edwards, Raymond A. Lia, Jon R. Salvati, Robert L. Vivenzio, Miguel C. Mudge, Michael Curry, Shawn St. Pierre
  • BLOOD PRESSURE SLEEVE
    Publication number: 20140142446
    Abstract: A blood pressure sleeve includes a first sheet having a top side and a bottom side and a second sheet having a top surface and a bottom surface. The second sheet is attached to the first sheet and defines an inflatable portion, the first and second sheets each having a fluid impermeable surface. The inflatable portion includes an opening sized for receiving a port that interconnects the exterior of the sleeve with the interior of the inflatable portion and in which the first sheet includes a slotted portion opposite the port and aligned therewith to receive the port when the sleeve is wrapped about the limb of a patient, and in which at least a portion of the wrapped cuff is treated to reduce frictional effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond A. Lia, Robert L. Vivenzio, Eric Andreassen, Daniel Sivlich, Jeffrey J. Perkins, Michael T. McMahon, Chris R. Roberts, Richard A. Tamburrino
  • RECYCLABLE OR BIODEGRADABLE BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF
    Publication number: 20140094704
    Abstract: A blood pressure cuff is defined by a first sheet, having an opening, and a second sheet. The second sheet is attached to a bottom of the first sheet to form an interior inflatable portion between the first sheet and the second sheet, with the opening of the first sheet fluidly interconnecting the interior inflatable portion with an exterior of the cuff. The blood pressure cuff is made from a single type of material and can be recycled, biodegradable, or composted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Vivenzio, Ian K. Edwards, Raymond A. Lia, Jeffrey Perkins, Sean R. Karla
  • Devices and methods for temperature determination
    Patent number: 8657758
    Abstract: A temperature determination method includes temporarily contacting a forehead of a subject with a first surface of a removable patch, and exposing a second surface of the patch opposite the first surface to ambient conditions. The method also includes sensing a temperature of the first surface of the patch while the first surface is in contact with the forehead at a first location thereon, sensing a temperature of the second surface of the patch, and calculating a sub-skull temperature of the subject based on the sensed temperatures of the first and second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond A. Lia, Robert J. Wood, David E. Quinn
  • Recyclable or biodegradable blood pressure cuff
    Patent number: 8652057
    Abstract: A blood pressure cuff is defined by a first sheet, having an opening, and a second sheet. The second sheet is attached to a bottom of the first sheet to form an interior inflatable portion between the first sheet and the second sheet, with the opening of the first sheet fluidly interconnecting the interior inflatable portion with an exterior of the cuff. The blood pressure cuff is made from a single type of material and can be recycled, biodegradable, or composted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Vivenzio, Ian K. Edwards, Raymond A. Lia, Jeffrey Perkins, Sean R. Karla
  • Data reader apparatus having an adaptive lens
    Patent number: 8616454
    Abstract: Systems and methods for making and using handheld data readers comprising one or more fluid lenses. One or more fluid lenses are provided to allow a handheld data reader to perform such operations as reading indicia, including such additional operations as zooming, reorienting a viewing direction, focusing, adjusting an optical axis, and correcting for the effects of motion such as hand jitter. The fluid lens or lenses can be operated for example by applying electrical signals to fluid lenses comprising a plurality of fluids including at least one that is conductive and at least one that is non-conductive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Inventors: William H. Havens, Ynjiun P. Wang, Vivian L. Hunter, Allan I. Krauter, Ervin Goldfain, Raymond A. Lia, Richard W. Newman, Thomas W. Karpen, Bradford Morse, Dongmin Yang
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING SUBSURFACES OF A TARGET MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20130342826
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method for aligning first and second light signals on an optical path directed to a target, where the first light signal provides a visualization of the target, and a portion of the second light signal reflects from at least one subsurface of the target. The method also includes aligning a first focal point of the first light signal and a second focal point of the second light signal, where the first focal point is at least in a first proximate location of the second focal point, and adjusting a first position of the first and second focal points to be in at least a second proximate location of the target without adjusting the at least first proximate location of the first focal point relative to the second focal point. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Ervin Goldfain, Raymond A. Lia
  • REPLACEMENT LIGHT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20130338444
    Abstract: A light assembly for a hand-held medical diagnostic instrument. The light assembly includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, a light source mounted to the top surface, and the bottom surface having first and second electrical terminals. The light assembly further includes a circuit board disposed inclined to the substrate, the circuit board having first and second electrical terminals, a first connector mounting and electrically connecting the first electrical terminal of the substrate to the first electrical terminal of the circuit board, a second connector mounting and electrically connecting the second electrical terminal of the substrate to the second electrical terminal of the circuit board, a heat sink, and a thermal conductor thermally connecting at least one of the first and second electrical terminals of the substrate to the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: WELCH ALLYN, INC.
    Inventors: Raymond A. Lia, Ervin Goldfain, Chris R. Roberts, Steven R. Slawson, Robert J. Wood
  • BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20130331716
    Abstract: Adaptive attachments used in combination with a blood pressure cuff enable various blood pressure measurements to be taken in a hospital or other setting having various single and/or dual lumen manual or electronic blood pressure measuring equipment with a single, patient-worn cuff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Thaddeus J. Wawro, Raymond A. Lia
  • CONFIGURABLE HEALTH-CARE EQUIPMENT APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20130304950
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for providing health-care equipment in a plurality of customizable configurations. A configuration includes a selection and arrangement of health-care equipment modules that each provide specialized support for the provision of health care, including the measurement of physiological parameters. Various types of configurations include those adapted to be mounted upon a desk top or a wall surface, or adapted for wheel mounting or hand-carriable mobile configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: IAN K. EDWARDS, RAYMOND A. LIA, SCOTT A. MARTIN, JON R. SALVATI, ROBERT L. VIVENZIO, THADDEUS J. WAWRO, ROBERT J. WOOD
  • Method and apparatus for analyzing subsurfaces of a target material
    Patent number: 8543192
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method for aligning first and second light signals on an optical path directed to a target, where the first light signal provides a visualization of the target, and a portion of the second light signal reflects from at least one subsurface of the target. The method also includes aligning a first focal point of the first light signal and a second focal point of the second light signal, where the first focal point is at least in a first proximate location of the second focal point, and adjusting a first position of the first and second focal points to be in at least a second proximate location of the target without adjusting the at least first proximate location of the first focal point relative to the second focal point. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Ervin Goldfain, Raymond A. Lia
  • Blood pressure measuring apparatus
    Patent number: 8535233
    Abstract: Adaptive attachments used in combination with a blood pressure cuff enable various blood pressure measurements to be taken in a hospital or other setting having various single and/or dual lumen manual or electronic blood pressure measuring equipment with a single, patient-worn cuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Thaddeus J. Wawro, Raymond A. Lia
  • Configurable health-care equipment apparatus
    Patent number: 8499108
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for providing health-care equipment in a plurality of customizable configurations. A configuration includes a selection and arrangement of health-care equipment modules that each provide specialized support for the provision of health care, including the measurement of physiological parameters. Various types of configurations include those adapted to be mounted upon a desk top or a wall surface, or adapted for wheel mounting or hand-carriable mobile configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian K. Edwards, Raymond A. Lia, Scott A. Martin, Jon R. Salvati, Robert L. Vivenzio, Thaddeus J. Wawro, Robert J. Wood
  • Medical-stand bins
    Patent number: D689194
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Vivenzio, Alisa R. Salibra, Ian K. Edwards, Jeffrey J. Perkins, Raymond A. Lia, Thaddeus J. Wawro, Scott A. Martin, Michael T. McMahon, Scott W. Osiecki, Donwoong Kang